Volume 43, Issue 11, 2007

Contents

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Importance of repeat laterally directed sextant prostate biopsy for detection of prostate cancer in high-risk patients
Kęstutis Vaičiūnas, Stasys Auškalnis, Aivaras Matjošaitis, Antanas Mickevičius, Ramūnas Mickevičius, Darius Trumbeckas, Mindaugas Jievaltas
843 - 849

The role of D-dimer in the diagnosis of strangulated small-bowel obstruction
Algirdas Boguševičius, Arūnas Grinkevičius, Almantas Maleckas, Juozas Pundzius
850 - 854

Long-term results of incisional hernia treatment
Linas Venclauskas, Jolita Šilanskaitė, Jurga Kanišauskaitė, Mindaugas Kiudelis
855 - 860

Predictive value of scoring system in severe pediatric head injury
Dovilė Evalda Grinkevičiūtė, Rimantas Kėvalas, Viktoras Šaferis, Algimantas Matukevičius, Vytautas Ragaišis, Arimantas Tamašauskas
861 - 869

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction among hypertensive and nonhypertensive Qatari men
Abdulbari Bener, Abdullah Al-Ansari, Abdulla O. A. A. Al-Hamaq, Isam-Eldin A. Elbagi, Mustafa Afifi
870 - 878

CLINICAL CASE REPORTS

Selective apheresis of low-density lipoproteins in a child
Antanas Griškevičius, Judita Audzijonienė, Žaneta Petrulionienė, Aleksandras Laucevičius
879 - 882

Conservative treatment of cervical pregnancy with selective unilateral uterine artery embolization
Rūta Nadišauskienė, Edvardas Vaicekavičius, Viktorija Tarasevičienė, Daiva Simanavičiūtė
883 - 886

PUBLIC HEALTH

Staphylococcus aureus prevalence among preschool- and school-aged pupils
Žaneta Pavilonytė, Justina Kačerauskienė, Brigita Budrytė, Tadas Keizeris, Jonas Junevičius, Alvydas Pavilonis
887 - 894

NURSING

Lithuanian version of the Nursing Outcomes Classification Use Survey: development and psychometric evaluation
Olga Riklikienė, Kazimieras Pukėnas
895 - 902

The need of the elderly for nursing and social services in the community of Kaunas district
Lina Hitaitė, Lina Spirgienė
903 - 908

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Ischemic cardiomyopathy: possibilities of surgical treatment
Rimantas Benetis, Agnė Šimukauskienė, Loreta Jankauskienė, Aušra Kavoliūnienė
909 - 917